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Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

I am requesting the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. How many FOI and Subject Access requests under the Data Protection Act were received between January and May 2012?

2. How many of these requests under the respective legal category were responded to within the statutory deadline and how many missed the statutory deadline?

3. How many independent providers (GP's, Community Pharmacies, Dentists and community health providers such as Braintree Community Hospital) commissioned by Mid-Essex PCT have been independently audited against the IG Toolkit requirements for version 9?

4. How many GP's, Community Pharmacies and Dentists are there commissioned by Mid -Essex PCT? Of these independent contractors please name the contractors that completed the IG Toolkit submission for version 9 by 31st March 2012 and those that failed to complete the IG Toolkit submission.

5. What action was taken by Mid-Essex PCT or the cluster exec board against commissioned contractors for failing to complete the IG Toolkit submission as this is a contractual and mandatory requirement?

Yours faithfully,

Nick R.

Mason Elizabeth (NORTH EAST ESSEX PCT - 5PW),

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Dear Nick

Please see attached FOI acknowledgement.

Regards

Liz Mason

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Mason Elizabeth (NORTH EAST ESSEX PCT - 5PW),

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Dear Nick

Please see attached FOI response.

Regards

Liz Mason

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Dear Mason Elizabeth (NORTH EAST ESSEX PCT - 5PW),

Thank you for your FOI response. I would like to know the date in which commissioned 3rd parties will be audited by Mid-Essex PCT including the new Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Braintree Community Hospital against the IG Toolkit requirements.

Yours sincerely,

Nick R.

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Nick R
[email address]

12 June 2012

Dear Nick

Response to Freedom of Information Enquiry

I refer to your request for information, dated 06 June 2012, in which you asked the following questions.

Question 1

How many FOI and Subject Access requests under the Data Protection Act were received between January and May 2012?

Answer

78 requests were received

Question 2

How many of these requests under the respective legal category were responded to within the statutory deadline and how many missed the statutory deadline?

Answer

74 were responded to within the statutory time limit and 4 missed the deadline.

Question 3

How many independent providers (GP's, Community Pharmacies, Dentists and community health providers such as Braintree Community Hospital) commissioned by Mid-Essex PCT have been independently audited against the IG Toolkit requirements for version 9?

Answer
None have been audited.

Question 4

How many GP's, Community Pharmacies and Dentists are there commissioned by Mid -Essex PCT?

Answer

159 are commissioned by Mid Essex PCT
Of these independent contractors, please name the contractors that completed the IG Toolkit submission for version 9 by 31st March 2012 and those that failed to complete the IG Toolkit submission.

Answer
Please see the spread sheet below.

Question 5

What action was taken by Mid-Essex PCT or the cluster executive board against commissioned contractors for failing to complete the IG Toolkit submission as this is a contractual and mandatory requirement?

Answer
Contractor status was reported to Information Governance Steering Group but no further action taken at this stage.

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Yours sincerely

Liz Mason
Freedom of Information Officer

Mason Elizabeth (NORTH EAST ESSEX PCT - 5PW),

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Dear Nick

Please see attached FOI acknowledgement.

Regards

Liz mason

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Mason Elizabeth (NORTH EAST ESSEX PCT - 5PW),

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Dear Nick

Please see attached FOI response.

Regards

Liz Mason

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